I finally made it to Cherry Blossoms season at High Park this year! Where was I all these years in Toronto, you ask? No clue. I always seem to be very busy during that time of the year so the idea did not come on top of my head and when I finally realize, everyone has already went or that the petals have already fallen. Yet, this year, thankfully a friend initiated the idea and reminded me of it. So, we quickly set a side a day for Sakura Hanami and prepared our cameras to catch these beautiful flowers in full bloom.
I haven't been updating my blog for awhile... and I have an excuse for that actually, it's not because I am lazy. In fact, I am getting busier than ever before. I just wish that there's more hours in a day so I can accomplish more things. It always feels like I'm racing against time everyday. So updates. I am starting a side business selling mobile pouches and ipad pouches.
Feel free to check it out here: http://icandywear.storenvy.com
I am also partnering with a colleague of mine from work and doing some kind of a bakery business...well not quite actually. We do custom cake toppers and cake decorations and also cookies for special occasions. There's so much stuffs to do when it comes to starting your own business. It took quite a while to even come up with a good and catchy name. After a bunch of brainstorming, most of the names that we like have already been used in the same industry.... But at last, we landed on "Sweet Chalet". It's a play on words, if it's not obvious enough. It's all about handcrafted and homemade goodies. I think it relates to what we do really well. Let's hope everyone else like it the way we do. Down the pipe, I still have to update my tumblr account which I've opened an account for more than a year and still nothing's there. But I finally know what to post on it. It's another little weird collections that I do on the side to say the least. I'll not reveal too much info for now.
On behalf of Sweet Chalet, here's a photo of our cherry blossom cookies for company's pot luck event:
{ Flavours: strawberry, malt, ovaltine, espresso, chocolate and green tea }
That was a good potluck, though quite a few people brought in cookies as well. Hopefully ours stand out better than others. I'm sure they do. We still need to get a website going but for now, follow @SweetChalet on Twitter to get our latest updates and our homemade process! And of course, stay tuned on all my other on-going projects!
Feel free to check it out here: http://icandywear.storenvy.com
I am also partnering with a colleague of mine from work and doing some kind of a bakery business...well not quite actually. We do custom cake toppers and cake decorations and also cookies for special occasions. There's so much stuffs to do when it comes to starting your own business. It took quite a while to even come up with a good and catchy name. After a bunch of brainstorming, most of the names that we like have already been used in the same industry.... But at last, we landed on "Sweet Chalet". It's a play on words, if it's not obvious enough. It's all about handcrafted and homemade goodies. I think it relates to what we do really well. Let's hope everyone else like it the way we do. Down the pipe, I still have to update my tumblr account which I've opened an account for more than a year and still nothing's there. But I finally know what to post on it. It's another little weird collections that I do on the side to say the least. I'll not reveal too much info for now.
On behalf of Sweet Chalet, here's a photo of our cherry blossom cookies for company's pot luck event:
{ Flavours: strawberry, malt, ovaltine, espresso, chocolate and green tea }
That was a good potluck, though quite a few people brought in cookies as well. Hopefully ours stand out better than others. I'm sure they do. We still need to get a website going but for now, follow @SweetChalet on Twitter to get our latest updates and our homemade process! And of course, stay tuned on all my other on-going projects!
A lovely cherry blossom cake that my partner and I did for a couple's wedding. We made the cherry blossoms out of fondant prior to the wedding. We arrived to the reception venue to place this on top and added the remaining decorations on the cake. A little bit nerve-wracking to do this in front of all the guests actually but at least it turned out great!How to Make Your Own Cherry Blossoms with Felt for Chinese New Year
cherry blossoms February 15, 2010
In our culture, cherry blossom is a symbolic representation of love, it is said to help boost your love life. During Chinese New Year or also known as the Spring Festival, the cherry blossom becomes one of the most popular flowers to bring good fortune and love. Today, I'm sharing you how to make felt cherry blossom with felt! Since it will never die, it should bring me good fortune forever... haha.. I wish all of you a good fortune and a prosperous love life in the year ahead!
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